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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Nov 27, 2023 0:18:50 GMT -5
I swear, if Seth cuts a "this isn't Seth Rollins talking to CM Punk" worked shoot promo...
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Post by Lt. Palumbo on Nov 27, 2023 0:33:24 GMT -5
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Nov 27, 2023 1:04:15 GMT -5
WrestleMania is likely being main evented by two AEW cast offs. Starting to look like what happened when WCW steered the Titanic straight into the iceberg.
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Nov 27, 2023 1:13:25 GMT -5
WrestleMania is likely being main evented by two AEW cast offs. Starting to look like what happened when WCW steered the Titanic straight into the iceberg. Which company is the titanic in your scenario?
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Nov 27, 2023 1:18:23 GMT -5
WrestleMania is likely being main evented by two AEW cast offs. Starting to look like what happened when WCW steered the Titanic straight into the iceberg. Which company is the titanic in your scenario? The one not hitching their wagons to indy darlings and guys who have actually drawn money in wrestling.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Nov 27, 2023 1:32:08 GMT -5
I mean besides being straight up hyperbole, you really REALLY can’t compare AEW to late 90s/2000 WCW at all. That shit had Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, Nash, DDP and that was some hot ass nonsense tv.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Nov 27, 2023 1:41:56 GMT -5
I mean besides being straight up hyperbole, you really REALLY can’t compare AEW to late 90s/2000 WCW at all. That shit had Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, Nash, DDP and that was some hot ass nonsense tv. I mean, it's true because no one in AEW is over like Hogan, Goldberg, Nash or DDP ever was. Cody split from WWE and said, "I'm gonna prove I can get over without WWE." He did. Now he's back and about to win their world title. I don't even like Cody, I think he's a mid-card act at his very best, but he's gonna main event WrestleMania regardless of my opinion. Punk said, "I came to AEW because of the respect they showed Brodie Lee and that impressed me" Now, both those guys split AEW and are likely to main event WrestleMania, which is still the upper echelon of wrestling, no matter what you say. From like 1950 to 1991, the Soviet Union used to say, "Yeah, so and so won the Stanley Cup, but we won the World Championship of Hockey, so that's what matters" But everyone knows the Stanley Cup is what matters in hockey. WrestleMania is what lets you know what's up in wrestling.
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Nov 27, 2023 2:22:29 GMT -5
I am loving the mental image of Punk showing up at the arena, heading into the locker room, asking to speak to the locker room leader so he can pay respect, and that chair turning around with Mike in it.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Nov 27, 2023 2:35:53 GMT -5
Ah yes, the old "he didn't go to prison, so clearly he did nothing wrong" defense. I feel like Rita Chatterton would disagree with this argument, but go off. She’d probably appreciate your equivalence of rape to a pull apart fist fight. I dunno, didn't you compare the idea of taking That '70s Show off the air for a bit after Danny Masterson's rape conviction to when people complained about Apu?
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Post by BigPoppaNasty on Nov 27, 2023 2:51:06 GMT -5
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Nov 27, 2023 2:57:28 GMT -5
I swear, if Seth cuts a "this isn't Seth Rollins talking to CM Punk" worked shoot promo... All the while dressed like something Disney forgot to draw
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Nov 27, 2023 3:46:14 GMT -5
What if Punk just thought he was going to that episode of Dynamite AEW had there last wednesday, but got confused and ended up at Survivor Series instead?
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Post by gentlemengreg1 on Nov 27, 2023 4:18:19 GMT -5
I mean besides being straight up hyperbole, you really REALLY can’t compare AEW to late 90s/2000 WCW at all. That shit had Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, Nash, DDP and that was some hot ass nonsense tv. I mean, it's true because no one in AEW is over like Hogan, Goldberg, Nash or DDP ever was. Cody split from WWE and said, "I'm gonna prove I can get over without WWE." He did. Now he's back and about to win their world title. I don't even like Cody, I think he's a mid-card act at his very best, but he's gonna main event WrestleMania regardless of my opinion. Punk said, "I came to AEW because of the respect they showed Brodie Lee and that impressed me" Now, both those guys split AEW and are likely to main event WrestleMania, which is still the upper echelon of wrestling, no matter what you say. From like 1950 to 1991, the Soviet Union used to say, "Yeah, so and so won the Stanley Cup, but we won the World Championship of Hockey, so that's what matters" But everyone knows the Stanley Cup is what matters in hockey. WrestleMania is what lets you know what's up in wrestling. The worse thing that could happen to WWE is for AEW to go under. WWE needs to have someone else in the game at a decently high level to keep its edge.
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Nov 27, 2023 4:33:00 GMT -5
I'd just like it known, I f***ing hated CM Punk before it was trendy, back before WWE the first time.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Nov 27, 2023 4:35:28 GMT -5
I swear, if Seth cuts a "this isn't Seth Rollins talking to CM Punk" worked shoot promo... "This isn't Seth Rollins talking to CM Punk. This is a Bears fan talking to a Blackhawks fan. And not just that, I'm an Iowa fan."
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Nov 27, 2023 4:36:54 GMT -5
Saying that AEW is going to die or is headed towards that path because of punk being signed to WWE is remarkably idiotic even when graded on a scale
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Post by wallabylikeyou on Nov 27, 2023 4:38:22 GMT -5
The Brodie respect thing is just typical cynical Punk pandering, à la his "Britt Baker *lowers sunglasses* who's a WOMAN, by the way" promos.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Nov 27, 2023 5:11:34 GMT -5
I am loving the mental image of Punk showing up at the arena, heading into the locker room, asking to speak to the locker room leader so he can pay respect, and that chair turning around with Mike in it. Eating a bucket of fried chicken.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Nov 27, 2023 5:16:59 GMT -5
Maybe I missed it being discussed, but when Punk showed up at Raw earlier this year, didn't he and Miz bury the hatchet?
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Nov 27, 2023 5:23:38 GMT -5
Maybe I missed it being discussed, but when Punk showed up at Raw earlier this year, didn't he and Miz bury the hatchet? That's what was said, Miz was probably like "Yeah, whatever", since this whole shit between them seemed very one sided. Punk talked shit on him multiple times, and the worst thing Miz did was a stupid harmless joke. Miz has had a Hall of Fame career, main evented Wrestlemania, worked with multiple celebrities, is a very trusted guy in WWE, has lots of friends, is married to Maryse, has a family, and gets to live a dream life (always at celebrity all star festivities). He ain't got time for a petty real life feud.
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